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'I'm not ready for you, son': Tracy Morgan says he met his dad in heaven after accident

by Ree Hines / Apr.04.2016 / 1:00 PM ET / Source: TODAY

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Almost two years after the accident that took the life of a close friend and very nearly took his own, Tracy Morgan is sharing deeply personal details from the experience.

The actor-comedian recently sat down with Oprah Winfrey for her "SuperSoul Sunday" and revealed that during the drug-induced coma he was in after the collision, he spoke to his father — who had died 17 years earlier.

He called that return a miracle, and told Winfrey he's "at peace" now.

"When you're in a coma for eight to ten days, and you survive, trust me, you're at peace," he said. "I've been to the other side, and I came back bearing gifts. These jokes I'm giving y'all, they're gifts."